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South Texas Mid-Am: Pocknall Defends
2008-2009 Texas South Regional<br>Mid-Amateur Champion
2008-2009 Texas South Regional
Mid-Amateur Champion

HOUSTON, Texas (March 22, 2009)--The 2009 South Regional Mid-Amateur Championship ended like it started, clear skies, a steady breeze, and David Pocknall leading at the end of the day. Pocknall (Katy) had a share of the lead after the first round and was one shot off the lead after round two.

After nine holes on his third round, Pocknall still had the lead, but the competition was bearing down on him. John Dowdall (Houston) made the turn at 2-under for the day jumping him up to third place and Aaron Hickman (Houston) who started the day only three back of the leaders was playing steady at even par. But on the back side it was a different story. Pocknall proceeded to birdie three of the next five holes putting him comfortably at 3-under for the day and 4-under for the championship. Four pars on the final four holes was all he needed to secure a four shot victory, his second in as many years. Second round leader Dwayne Morley, who played in the final group with Pocknall couldn’t seem to get it going on his home course where he was club champion just two years ago. Coming in at 4-over par 76, Morley could only muster two birdies to go along with 4 bogeys and a double bogey on his 54th hole.

Final results from the Texas South Regional Mid-Amateur, played March 20-22, 2009 at Pine Forest Golf Club in Houston, TX:

Pos. Player City R1 R2 R3 Total
1 David Pocknall Katy 71 72 69 212
2 Aaron Hickman Houston 73 73 70 216
3 John Dowdall Houston 79 68 70 217
T4 Jonathan Shipley Katy 71 74 73 218
T4 Dwayne Morley Houston 71 71 76 218
6 Robert McKinney Houston 72 74 73 219
7 Trent Booher Sugar Land 73 73 74 220
T8 Seth Thornton Houston 78 72 71 221
T8 Owen Joyner The Woodlands 72 77 72 221
T8 Jeff New The Woodlands 75 73 73 221
T8 Trevor Hyde Kerrville 71 75 75 221
T12 Juan Salcedo The Woodlands 74 75 73 222
T12 Charlie Jabbia Beaumont 74 74 74 222
T12 Jerry Hudgins Houston 77 71 74 222
T12 Chris James Austin 72 76 74 222
T12 Kip Guidry Missouri City 72 73 77 222
17 Mike Booker The Woodlands 76 72 75 223
18 Kyle Flodder Katy 74 75 75 224
T19 Pat Youngs Jr League City 74 75 77 226
T19 Jason Williams Houston 76 73 77 226
T19 John Beatty Montgomery 74 74 78 226
T22 Craig Rumora Houston 77 77 73 227
T22 Patrick Cooney Cypress 75 78 74 227
T22 Randy Lance The Woodlands 76 74 77 227
T22 John Pierce San Antonio 73 77 77 227
T26 Doug Sinitiere Humble 78 74 76 228
T26 Gary Durbin Houston 77 73 78 228
28 Jeffrey Jowell Katy 78 79 72 229
T29 Hill Adams Katy 76 78 76 230
T29 Tim Thompson Jr Houston 76 77 77 230
T29 Jeff McCelvey Sugar Land 73 79 78 230
T32 John Gilbert Cypress 82 72 77 231
T32 Critt Walton Jr Sugar Land 74 78 79 231
T32 David Hoff Houston 71 80 80 231
T32 David Leiss Houston 74 76 81 231
36 Alan Fama Houston 79 76 77 232
T37 Joe DePaula Houston 79 78 76 233
T37 Mike Westrum Baytown 76 79 78 233
T37 Jeff Froese Houston 77 77 79 233
T37 Scott Smith Houston 75 75 83 233
T41 Bob Kearney Houston 75 80 79 234
T41 Lynn Parker The Woodlands 78 77 79 234
43 Travis Mays Houston 76 81 78 235
T44 Jeffrey Kuhn Houston 81 79 76 236
T44 Trey Wilkinson Houston 75 80 81 236
46 Kelly Starnes San Antonio 78 84 75 237
T47 Gene Williams San Antonio 82 78 78 238
T47 Jeff Atkinson Cypress 79 77 82 238
T49 Chris Ward Houston 82 81 76 239
T49 Blanton Hansen League City 81 81 77 239
T49 Chris Stuth Houston 77 83 79 239
T52 Andres Palandjoglou Houston 81 81 79 241
T52 Bill Wiley Bryan 83 77 81 241
T52 Randy Fink Houston 77 79 85 241
T55 Gary Payne Sugarland 84 82 76 242
T55 David Phillips Houston 79 78 85 242
T55 Chris Germann Austin 76 78 88 242
58 John Garrett Jr Houston 79 82 83 244
T59 Andy Williams College Station 86 83 79 248
T59 Derek Nuckols Katy 84 81 83 248
T61 Jason Pierson Katy 92 82 75 249
T61 Zac Day San Antonio 85 88 76 249
T61 Warren Moore Humble 86 80 83 249
T64 Doug Peters Houston 85 85 80 250
T64 Paul Berman Houston 81 85 84 250
66 Jason Baker New Braunfels 81 90 80 251
67 Tom Cochrane Driftwood 83 83 86 252
68 Dana Simpson Kingwood 85 84 84 253
T69 Kent Watts Pearland 78 92 84 254
T69 Blair Prinz Houston 81 86 87 254
T69 James Nebout League City 85 82 87 254
72 Jim Rodevich Houston 83 89 83 255
73 Matthew Mannen Houston 90 80 86 256
74 Darrell Bowe Houston 91 82 87 260
75 King Grossman Houston 85 88 88 261
76 Drew Weber Webster 87 91 89 267
77 Greg Gillan Houston 97 104 99 300
78 Robert Chisholm Jr Houston 80 72 WD WD
79 Greg Cheadle Fort Worth 81 83 WD WD
80 Fred Kyselka Katy 87 80 WD WD
81 Lamar Roemer Jr Houston 86 90 WD WD
82 Shane Hubbs Richmond 90 88 WD WD

ABOUT THE Texas South Mid-Amateur

Eligibility: Entries are open to male amateur golfers who are 25 years of age or older by the tournament start date and residing in the South Texas region as defined by the Texas PGA Sections (South of 31 degree parallel, Salado TX and south is break point). Applicants must have a certified USGA Handicap Index of 8.4 or less. Format: 54 holes Stroke Play. No Cut. Field limit: 84 players.

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